Retinal ganglion cell survival and axon regeneration after optic nerve injury in naked mole-rats

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 525, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 380-388

  Park, Kevin K ^a   Luo, Xueting ^a   Mooney, Skyler J ^b   Yungher, Benjamin J ^a   Belin, Stephane ^c   Wang, Chen ^c   Holmes, Melissa M ^b   He, Zhigang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

axon growth. RRID:IMSR_JAX:000664; axon injury; axon regeneration; naked mole rat; retinal ganglion cell; RRID:AB_10063408; RRID:AB_10694681; RRID:AB_143165; RRID:AB_2532994; RRID:AB_2534074; RRID:AB_2535855; RRID:AB_561305

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; YOUNG ADULT; ANIMAL; AXON; DISEASE MODEL; MOLE RAT; NERVE REGENERATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL SURVIVAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLE RATS; NERVE REGENERATION; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; RATS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 84978374485     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.24070     Document Type: Article

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